
PHILOSOPHER | LECTURER | AUTHOR
Emily Qureshi-Hurst
BIO

Trekking to Everest base camp, 2023
I'm Emily, a philosopher of religion and science in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. I hold a fixed-term teaching position at the level of Assistant Professor in Theology and Natural Science. I am also a Research Associate at Fitzwilliam College.
I was at the University of Oxford from 2013 - 2024. In 2016, I was awarded the Gibbs Prize for best performance in final examinations for my B.A. in Philosophy and Theology. I then went on to complete an M.St (2018) and a D.Phil (2021) in Science and Religion, focusing on the interface between physics, temporal metaphysics, and the Christian Doctrine of Salvation.
After graduating, I held a Junior Research Fellowship at Pembroke College (2021-2024) and a College Lectureship in Philosophy at Oriel College (2022-2024).
In 2022, I published my first book exploring the issues that occupied me during my graduate days: God, Salvation, and the Problem of Spacetime (Cambridge University Press).
My second book on time and Christian theology, Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (Cambridge University Press), was published in 2024.
COMING EARLY 2026 - Decoding the Cosmos: God, Physics, and the Search for Deeper Explanation (Cascade). This book is an accessible exploration of Christian theology and modern physics.
I am currently writing my fourth book (under contract with Reaktion) which examines the Everett interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and its implications for human beings, society, and God.

The Christian understanding of salvation is highly vulnerable to questions about the nature of time, questions that are becoming increasingly urgent in physics and philosophy. Strangely, this area has had very little attention in theology, until now. In what is surely a major advance in the dialogue between science and religion, Qureshi-Hurst tackles the problems head on. This book opens up a whole new area of thought, and will surely be a central work of reference for years to come.
ANDREAS IDREOS PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Forthcoming
Our Many Lives in the Multiverse
Reaktion Books. Writing in progress.
Forthcoming
Decoding the Cosmos: God, Physics and the Search for Deeper Explanation
Cascade. Forthcoming early 2026.

MORE ABOUT ME

University of Cambridge
International Society for Science and Religion
Google Scholar
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